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Key: enter from within enter from without exit inwards Exit outwards act/sc door Entering door Space-time indication Commentary IN characters OUT and notes I.i First Gent Second Gent First Gent Second Gent I.ii Queen Posthumus Queen Queen Queen Cymbeline Lords Posthumus Queen Cymbeline Lords Pisanio Queen Imogen Pisanio I.iii Cloten MINIMAL congestion First Lord Second Lord Cloten First Lord Second Lord I.iv Imogen Pisanio Lady Imogen Lady Pisanio I.v Philario MINIMAL congestion Iachimo Frenchman Dutchman Spaniard Posthumus Posthumus Iachimo Philario Frenchman Dutchman Spaniard I.vi Queen Ladies Cornelius Ladies Pisanio Cornelius 2 Pisanio Pisanio Ladies Queen Ladies Pisanio I.vii Imogen Pisanio Iachimo Pisanio Imogen Iachimo II.i Cloten MINIMAL congestion First Lord Second Lord Cloten First Lord Second Lord II.ii Imogen How and where is trunk positioned? Lady Brought in by stagehands from (Iachimo) outwards door? Lady Imogen And how removed? Ditto? (Iachimo) II.iii Cloten PROBLEMATIC congestion First Lord Second Lord Musicians Musicians Cymbeline Queen Messenger Cymbeline Queen First Lord Second Lord Messenger Lady Lady Imogen Pisanio Pisanio Imogen Cloten II.iv Posthumus Philario Iachimo Posthumus Philario Iachimo Posthumus BX, re-enter at other door. Posthumus III.i Cymbeline MINIMAL congestion Queen Cloten Lords Caius Lucius Attendants Cymbeline Queen Cloten 3 Lords Caius Lucius Attendants III.ii Pisanio Imogen Imogen Pisanio III.iii Belarius MINIMAL congestion Arviragus Guiderius Arviragus Belarius III.iv Pisanio MINIMAL congestion Imogen Imogen Pisanio III.v Cymbeline MINIMAL congestion Queen Cloten Lucius Lords Attendant Lucius Lords Attendant Attendant Cymbeline Attendant Cloten Cloten Queen Pisanio Pisanio Pisanio Cloten Pisanio III.vi Imogen Imogen III.vii Belarius Guiderius Arvirargus Imogen Imogen Belarius Guiderius Arvirargus III.vii Senator 1 MARKED congestion: Mantua i Senator 2 option. From emperor, power outwards Senator 1 Senator 2 Tribunes IV.i Cloten MARKED congestion: Mantua option Cloten IV.ii Belarius Guiderius Arvirargus Imogen Imogen 4 Cloten Belarius Arviragus Guiderius Cloten Belarius Arviragus Guiderius Guiderius Arvirargus Guiderius Arviragus Imogen Belarius Belarius Cloten Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Lucius Captains Soothsayer Lucius Captains Soothsayer Imogen Cloten IV.iii Cymbeline Lords Pisanio Attendants Attendant Cymbeline Lords Attendants Pisanio IV.iv Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Belarius Guiderius Arviragus V.i Posthumus MINIMAL congestion Posthumus V.ii Lucius Iachimo Roman Army

Cymbeline British Army Posthumus Lucius Iachimo Roman Army Cymbeline British Army Posthumus Iachimo Posthumus Posthumus Iachimo Cymbeline Britons 5 Romans Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Posthumus Cymbeline Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Posthumus Lucius Iachimo Imogen Lucius Iachimo Imogen V.iii Posthumus MINIMAL congestion Lord Lord Captains Soldiers Cymbeline Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Pisanio Cymbeline Belarius Guiderius Arviragus Pisanio Posthumus Captains Soldiers V.iv Posthumus immediate re-entry for Posthumus 1 Gaoler and Gaolers. 2 Gaoler 1 Gaoler 2 Gaoler Sicilius Mother 1 Brother 2 Brother descends Jupiter ascends Sicilius Mother 1 Brother 2 Brother 1 Gaoler 2 Gaoler Messenger Posthumus 2 Gaoler Messenger 1 Gaoler V.v Cymbeline MINIMAL congestion Belarius (afterthought minimises) Guiderius Arvirargus Pisanio Lords Officers 6 Attendants Cornelius Ladies Lucius Iachimo Soothsayer Roman Prisoners Guards Posthumus Imogen Cymbeline Belarius Guiderius Arvirargus Pisanio Lords Officers Attendants Cornelius Ladies Lucius Iachimo Soothsayer Roman Prisoners Guards Posthumus Imogen